| Description |
xii, 301 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-290) and index. |
| Contents |
What Americans want from public schools -- School desegregation -- School finance reform -- School reform -- Choice -- Separation and inclusion -- Challenging the American dream -- Public schools in the new America. |
| Summary |
. . . Examines . . . desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, multicultural education, and ability grouping. These seem to be separate problems, but much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing: an apparent conflict . . . between policies designed to promote each student's ability to pursue success and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how polices to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class . . . . The book also examines issues such as creationism and afrocentrism . . . . |
| Subject |
Education and state -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Public schools -- United States.
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Creationism -- United States.
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Segregation -- Public schools.
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Afrocentrism -- Education.
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| Added Author |
Scovronick, Nathan B., 1945-
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| ISBN |
0195152786 alkaline paper |
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